A Vietnamese national, Trung Nguyen Van, was charged with money laundering for allegedly helping move more than $16 million in cryptocurrency from a pig butchering scam that targeted a victim through a fake investment platform called Triangle. Court documents say his wallets received over $53 million in illicit crypto tied to wire fraud schemes, while U.S. authorities continue to warn that pig butchering scams are driving massive losses nationwide. #TrungNguyenVan #Triangle #FBI #ScamCenterStrikeForce
Keypoints
- Trung Nguyen Van was charged with money laundering in the United States.
- A victim lost about $16 million in cryptocurrency through the Triangle investment scam.
- Van allegedly moved the stolen funds into a private, unhosted crypto wallet.
- His wallets reportedly received over $53 million from wire fraud schemes.
- Authorities say pig butchering scams continue to cause billions in losses to victims.